Canada’s Crime Severity Index was stable in the 2nd yr of the pandemic at 73.9 in 2020 & 73.7 in 2021! "This follows a 7% drop in the CSI in 2020....." www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-…
Violent Crime "rose in 2021, largely due to more police-reported level 1 sexual assaults" #cdnpoli
The dishonesty & fear-mongering of @PierrePoilievre & other Conservatives needs to stop & #cdnmedia need to stop platforming their histrionics. It's a blatant attempt to grab power at the expense of truth & is why the polls are changing, in addition to the LIBs' lousy comms team.
The whole "Catch and Release" bail histrionics by Conservatives is also BS. My thread on it:
Incidentally, David Lametti, Canada's AG has been networking with his counterparts since Oct about reforming bail. Stop the histrionics already. LIBs are on it.
"I'm disappointed that the Official Opposition is using tragedies to try to score political points...."
Police failed to act on an arrest warrant for the man who killed the OPP officer after he violated bail conditions #cdnpoli cbc.ca/1.6734446
There are structural issues in our justice system that need to be fixed.
Katharina Maier, Prof of criminal justice at the University of Winnipeg:
"It also demands we look beyond the criminal justice system, at the range of factors that research shows can drive violent crime."
Good luck #abpoli! You'll *finally* need to accept AB is a landlocked Prov that will be subject to tariffs & responsible for BILLIONS of $s needed to cleanup unremediated abandoned wells & your toxic leaking tailing ponds.
Indigenous lands are not yours either.
#cdnpoli #ableg
"...the assessment of naphthenic acids and other substances on the list would begin in June 2025, a year after the government intends to publish the full list of substances for consultation."
@Swiftie01 🤣 zero respect on the international stage:
winner of Five fossil awards & in 2013 a "lifetime unachievment award" for "obstructionist behavior"
@Swiftie01 PET Legacy vs what exactly was Harper's Legacy? Scandals? Authoritarian control of his caucus? Cutting over 20,000 federal servants with Draconian cuts while hiring 3,325 spin doctors?
@Swiftie01 the cuts were truly Draconian & dismantled social programs built over generations. CPC complains about outsourcing & have yet to look in the mirror. the cuts to housing were brutal.
@LailaGoodridge @CPC_HQ @somerspsych thread by @KmarkovCTV
The toxic drug carnage in AB is Poilievre's & Ms Goodridge's preferred system of care for addicted Canadians yet their toxic drug deaths are way up while BC's are dropping & they want to stop #harmreduction & #SaferSupply? SHAME! threadreaderapp.com/thread/1791570…
@LailaGoodridge @CPC_HQ @somerspsych @KmarkovCTV "Deaths in March 2024 are down 11% from March 2023. That’s the fourth month in a row of year-over-year decreases."
Chong conveniently forgets that many Canadians wanted the Senate abolished b/c of its highly partisan nature.
Despite promising less patronage appointments, Stephen Harper pushed 50+ to the Senate that consisted of many CPC staffers, donors & ex-candidates who lost their riding.
Will it dominate the news cycle like so many of #PierrePoilievre's LIES or phony scandals cooked up Journalists with anonymous sources, or will it be a 1-day article?
#cdnpoli #ForeignInterference
Why are Conservatives allowed to spew such BS without pushback from Journalists? It's not about blanket decriminalizing hard-core drugs. It's the possession of **small** amounts that won't mean an automatic prison sentence for an addict.